Thank you to the lovely Emily for letting me host a copy of her postmatch review of QPR v Spurs. You can find Emily on twitter at @elmodedude and her wonderful blog at qprgirl

...it was the worst of times'. Kept echoing through my head throughout
the match today, even before Taarabt scored from a fantastic free kick.
The match itself was filled with everything that a QPR match is expected
to bring these days to Loftus Road: agony, ecstasy, pleasure and pain -
all in one go. As I've said before I am quite sure that plenty of
people suffer increased blood pressure during matches, and there were
several 'shrieks' from the crowd when we thought for a millisecond that
perhaps we were done for as Tottenham came so close to scoring.

But I also thought about the fact that this was my last home game (as
I'll be on holiday during the Stoke game) and wistfully looked back on
my experience so far in this season which could quite easily be
compartmentalised in to two halves. In January I started writing this
blog, and in one of my first blogs after the first cup tie against MK
Dons I asked whether this was the turning point
in our season. The football we played at that game was ugly, QPR
favourite Ale Faurlin got a serious injury, and I think if I remember
correctly, it was Warnock who said that the last minute goal from
Helguson was perhaps a turning point. Little did we know, however, that
the real turning point lay in the massive changes that were to come in
the form of new management and a host of new players. At that point in
time, our season well and truly became a dogfight, while the previous
half was about a QPR team unsure about what it stood for with a varied
and less than spectacular run of results.

'...it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity,'

...I then made my journey up to Newcastle not long after, taking the
coach for the first time. It was the first of quite a few games where
Mark Hughes spent time tinkering with the team, testing out the squad
and understanding who could do what. The irony is that those who have
really shone through have been our Championship players: Derry, Buzsaky,
Mackie and Clint Hill have been invaluable and quite frankly up until a
few games ago they were the only ones who looked as if they gave a
damn. It's amazing how it appears to have taken so long for everyone
else to really show some passion. It's taken so long for the penny to
drop that if QPR go down it's not just the club that might suffer, but
their own careers as well. It would be unfair to say that our 'shiny'
new team of Premier League big boys haven't performed in more recent
games, but poor behaviour and a flurry of red cards has made them (Cisse
you know who you are) look foolish. But we've also had some bad luck,
and Derry being sent off at Old Trafford was the icing on the cake in
terms of poor refereeing decisions. However, it seems we're getting used
to playing with ten men. When Taarabt was sent off today, there was
perhaps a moment of confusion from the crowd and just a little anger,
but as my neighbour said 'it's almost like we just shrug it off now
we're so used to it'. By that stage though, I was honestly starting to
believe we could really win this match and I remembered all the tweets
coming in saying #believe all week.

'...it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair,'

And speaking of tweets, I spent some time at The Green just before
today's match, meeting with many people who I've been getting to know in
the virtual world. The #qprtwitfam is well and truly established, and
putting faces to names and seeing people 'come to life' was a great
experience. Hello to everyone I met, I am so looking forward to seeing
you all again soon. One of the greatest things about being a Rangers
supporter has been meeting fans who are just as obsessive as me. Sadly,
apart from my father, I've never had any close friends who have
supported this greatest of teams, and so making new friends has been a
highlight of my season. My experiences travelling away on the coach have
also been a real hoot, especially given that my first coach trip meant
being filmed by Sky Sports News at the ungodly hour of 4.30am at Loftus
Road. There I was at the 'back of the bus' getting to know other crazy
supporters. So even though I haven't yet experienced an away win this
season it has been a wonderful season of light for meeting like minded
individuals who share the same hopes and fears as I do. It's just like
QPR to keep us hanging until the end of the season though...while we
have lived through a true winter of despair, the recent home wins
against the big teams have brought us a spring of hope.

'we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way'

And so we look ahead, with three games to go. And who can honestly say
after these past performances that they aren't winnable? But the first
one next Sunday in the hellish depths of Stamford Bridge will likely be
the toughest test yet. I shall be there, arm in arm with my dear father
who has chosen to grace me with his presence at an away game for the
first time ever.

'- in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of
its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for
evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.'

But alas, we are so far from the end of the season as far as knowing
what the future holds for Queens Park Rangers. We have left it till the
dying end to save ourselves, and will likely because of this, have to
suffer from another 'iron on' sponsors logo on our shirts next season
whether we are up or down. Will we be looking back on this season
thinking it's much like the one we're in then? My emotions on that
subject are completely contradictory. While I hope for a season in which
our biggest issue in the Premier League is mid-table mediocrity, I also
think it would be dead boring. And if we end up back in the
Championship, will I be pining for the excitement of the Premier League?

This is life as a QPR supporter. And the only thing that I am sure of is
that I love this club. And while it's been the best and the worst
season I've ever lived through so far that one fact will always remain
true.

You RRRsssss

Anyone else want to add a review here, would be happy to link back to your blogs, thanks again Emily - love it :)
Annie x